THE SIMPLICITY OF THE CHRISTIAN’S WALK

“BEHOLD, AS FOR THE PROUD ONE,HIS SOUL IS NOT RIGHT WITHIN HIM;BUT THE RIGHTEOUS WILL LIVE BY HIS FAITH.Habakkuk 2:4 (NASB)

FOR IN IT THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IS REVEALED FROM FAITH TO FAITH; AS IT IS WRITTEN, “BUT THE RIGHTEOUS MAN SHALL LIVE BY FAITH.”Romans 1:17 (NASB)

THAT NO ONE IS JUSTIFIED BY THE LAW BEFORE GOD IS EVIDENT; FOR, “THE RIGHTEOUS MAN SHALL LIVE BY FAITH.”Galatians 3:11 (NASB)

BUT MY RIGHTEOUS ONE SHALL LIVE BY FAITH; AND IF HE SHRINKS BACK, MY SOUL HAS NO PLEASURE IN HIM.Hebrews 10:38 (NASB)

(3) FOR WHAT DOES THE SCRIPTURE SAY? “ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS CREDITED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS.”(9b) FOR WE SAY, “FAITH WAS CREDITED TO ABRAHAM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS.”Romans 4:3&9 (NASB)

FOR WE WALK BY FAITH, NOT BY SIGHT.2Cor 5:7 (NASB)

The righteous one, the one who is right with God, the one who has been born again through faith in Jesus Christ; walks and lives by faith.

SO FAITH COMES FROM HEARING, AND HEARING BY THE WORD OF CHRIST.Romans 10:17 (NASB)

BY FAITH ENOCH WAS TAKEN UP SO THAT HE WOULD NOT SEE DEATHHebrews 11:5

BY FAITH NOAH, BEING WARNED BY GOD ABOUT THINGS NOT YET SEEN, IN REVERENCE PREPARED AN ARK FOR THE SALVATION OF HIS HOUSEHOLD, BY WHICH HE CONDEMNED THE WORLD, AND BECAME AN HEIR OF THE RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH IS ACCORDING TO FAITH.Hebrews 11:7

BY FAITH ABRAHAM, WHEN HE WAS CALLED, OBEYED BY GOING OUT TO A PLACE WHICH HE WAS TO RECEIVE FOR AN INHERITANCE; AND HE WENT OUT, NOT KNOWING WHERE HE WAS GOING. BY FAITH HE LIVED AS AN ALIEN IN THE LAND OF PROMISE, AS IN A FOREIGN LAND, DWELLING IN TENTS WITH ISAAC AND JACOB, FELLOW HEIRS OF THE SAME PROMISE; FOR HE WAS LOOKING FOR THE CITY WHICH HAS FOUNDATIONS, WHOSE ARCHITECT AND BUILDER IS GOD. BY FAITH EVEN SARAH HERSELF RECEIVED ABILITY TO CONCEIVE, EVEN BEYOND THE PROPER TIME OF LIFE, SINCE SHE CONSIDERED HIM FAITHFUL WHO HAD PROMISED. THEREFORE THERE WAS BORN EVEN OF ONE MAN, AND HIM AS GOOD AS DEAD AT THAT, AS MANY DESCENDANTS AS THE STARS OF HEAVEN IN NUMBER, AND INNUMERABLE AS THE SAND WHICH IS BY THE SEASHORE.Hebrews 11:8-12

The source of Biblical faith is by hearing God's voice.

Enoch walked with God. He talked with God and listened to His voice – the source of his faith.

Noah was warned by God. He heard his voice. Hearing God articulate specific design and instruction was the source of his faith by which he was saved through the flood.

Abraham and Sarah repeatedly heard God’s call, instruction, and promises; and it was their hearing that was the source of their faith to go forth and establish the nation of God’s chosen people, through whom we have Jesus Christ, our Savior!

If you are a Born Again Believer in Jesus Christ and you listen, you will hear His voice.see (A CASE FOR HEARING)

“TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE, DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS, AS WHEN THEY PROVOKED ME.”Hebrews 3:15(Important to read this entire chapter)

Set your default response to, "Yes, Lord!"

If, each time the Lord gives us direction we struggle with our response, we will fail. Our flesh will often win out over the Spirit.If we make a simple predetermination and decide that our response is always "Yes, Lord!", we have victory and will grow in our faith.If we stop and consider beforehand who He is and what He's done and how He loves us, there is no other response for us.

The Christian's walk is to be simple.

We, the Righteous in Christ, walk by faith. Our faith-walk comes from hearing Jesus' voice - He is the Living Word - and He guides us in our steps. Trusting in Him, we determine to always obey our loving Lord. We abide in God's Rest - resting from our own labors. (Heb. 3:7 - 4:12)He will faithfully lead us through each day.

Our walk becomes hard, messy, and complicated when we try to walk with one foot in each world - one in the flesh/world, and one in the Spirit.

We need to decide once and for all, who is really the god of our lives: we ourselves, or the Lord Of The Universe.

Posted 03-08-2018

The Spirit and the bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who wishes, take the water of life without cost. Rev. 22:17Jesus Is Lord